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Maverick Enterprises announced its newest awards for the year presented by the Gravure Association of the Americas (GAA) last week at the Gravure Management Excellence Awards. This year, Maverick was honored and awarded for Company Growth and Industry Advocacy.

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BARCELONA, Spain (March 19, 2014) – Miguel Torres S.A. announced that Ste. Michelle Wine Estates has been appointed the exclusive importer for their portfolio of Spanish and Chilean wines in the United States.

Nomacorc, one of the world’s leading producers of wine closures and pioneer in oxygen management technology, has advanced its oxygen management research program with the addition of three new partners.

At Chateau Ste. Michelle of Washington state, quality is the driving force in everything they do as they combine Old World winemaking traditions with the best New World innovations. When the opportunity came up for Chateau Ste.

NAPA, Calif., March 11, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- According to a recent market research study on wine closures conducted by Tragon Corporation, 93 percent of U.S. wine consumers associate natural cork with higher quality wines, while only 11 percent of U.S.

ClearWater Tech designed its new C1 mobile disinfection cart specifically for the wine and beer industries, making it easy to use for barrel, tank and surface disinfection. Ozone rate and concentration can be adjusted for the intended use. The C1 can also produce ozone gas.

The mobile farm-management app iCropTrak announced the release of its updated 4.1 system featuring improvements based on customer feedback. Some of the new features include work order status annotations and map sketch, among others. The new “action items” feature enables users to specify on a map the location of rocks causing a field obstruction.

ITW Muller introduced its new GW-4100 40-inch robotic pallet wrapper. The new machine offers twice the speed, throughput and battery life of the standard GW-400. The larger unit offers speeds of up to 60 loads per hour and comes standard with a telescoping mast to accommodate loads up to 110-inches high.

With the new anti-counterfeit system by Selinko, each bottle of wine is fitted with a near field communication (NFC) chip to prevent counterfeiting. A smartphone scanning app is used to authenticate the bottle as well as confirm its provenance through shipping and retail channels.

Sonoco ThermoSafe added a new line of temperature-controlled shipping products specifically for use in the wine and beverage industries. The wine shipping containers can fit two or six 750ml bottles and will keep their temperatures below 77°F for up to five days. Details: thermosafe.com.

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. (March 12, 2014) – Tractor Supply Company and the National FFA Foundation recently announced the results of their second annual Growing Scholars program. From February 14-23, Tractor Supply customers across the country donated $447,671, an increase of more than 20 percent from 2013 donations.

CLEVELAND, Ohio — MARCH 10, 2014) Eight pressure-sensitive industry suppliers were recognized by Avery Dennison Materials Group (NYSE:AVY) during the company’s inaugural supplier recognition ceremony held in Cleveland, Ohio. Winners were selected based on their performance in areas such as sustainability, innovation, service, overall value and quality.

Vistaar Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of price management solutions, today announced that Republic National Distributing Company (RNDC) has selected the company’s Distributor Price Management (DPM) Solution to optimize beverage alcohol pricing throughout its organization. RNDC is the second largest distributor of premium wine and spirits in the U.S.